Garment-pocket.



vF. HESS.

GARMENT POCKET.

APPLICATION F|LED Aus.10. 1914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

FRANK nnss,` or CINCINNATI, onio.V

GARIVIENT-POCKET. i

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Specicatibii of Letters Patent. V

'Patented Aue'. 17,1915.

' I Application led August 10, 1914. Serial No. 855,951.

T alt/whom it may concer/i Be it known that'l, FRANK Huss, a citi- `.zen of the United lStates, residing at Cin- Vvcinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio,

haveinvented a certain new and useful Garment-Pocket, of which the following is a clear, full, `aiidfeizact description, attention being' called to the drawing` which accompanies this ajgiplication and forms a Ypart thereof. j

This invention relates to the tailoring'of coats and concerns more particularly the making of the pockets for certain stylesof coats and in which vthe pockets are trimmed around their opening, either for ornamental purposes or for purposes of utility, the object in the latterfcase being to reinforce the Vgarment and thepocket at its opening and to provide a binding` for the edges of the pocket.

`Coats formingpart of uniforms or of suits Vused for special purposes are usually provided with pockets here under consideration. V

My invention is described as used in connection with coats having pockets ofthe kind'here in view, and which are trimmed around the openings of these `pockets and Ywlicre such trimming is applied for purposes of utility in cases where the pockets are subject to frequent use and heavy wear, Ato protect and to reinforce thegarment adjacent the mouth of the pockets and the edges of the Vpockets at their openings.

Garments inwhich such conditions exist are found in the coatswhichform part of the uniform of street-rail-wayconductors. Such Vcoats requirer strong pockets to carry the coin handled and the pockets at their openings and parts of the garment adjacent this opening require protective trimming on account of the frequent use of the pocket.`

Strong material, usually leather or a combination fabric comprising cloth and leather, is used for these pockets and for the trimming and facings and a number of pieces are required underpresent methods of manufacture to make up such pockets. With my improved method, one piece only is required to makeup a pocketwith its trimmings and facings, and its insertion into the garment and its attachment theretois accordingly simplified.A The subjectof my invention is therefor a pocket made ina simplified manner as above outlined, so as to reduce the labor 'forcing trimming.

connected therewith and the expenseV required therefor. y Y

The invention consists of a pocket made inthis way and of the manner of making the same, all as more fully described and pointed out in the claim hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which: j

VFigure l. on reduced scale shows a coat in side-view provided with a pocket of the kind Vhere in view and attached accordingly. Fig. 2. shows shape of the piece of material required Vforthe pocket and for the rein- Fig. 3. shows first step of theapplicationV of this piece of material to the `material `ofthe garment. Fig. et. shows a portion of that pai-tof the garment to which. the pocket is attached. Figs. 5 and 6. illustrate successive steps in the procedure following tlievstep illustrated in Fig. 3, the last figure showing the pocket coinplete and in position. Fig. 7. shows a vertical sectionthrough the completed pocket. Fig. 8 shows modiiied shapes of the ends of the trimming.

ln the drawing letter A indicates one of the side-fronts of a coat provided with a Vpocket such as here iiiriew. Letter a indicates a slit in this side-front, back of which y pocket becomes accessible.

B indicates a piece of material which in this case may be leather or a combination of cloth and leather.` It contains the material required for the two sides which make up the pocket, C being its front side and D its rea-r side, also the material which makes up trimming c which is below the mouth of the pocket and continuous with the front side C thereof, also the material which makes up trimming Z which is above the mouth ofthe pocket and continuous with the rear side D thereof. i

The first step in the procedure for forming the pocket and for attaching it consists of placing the piece of material B, cutout as shown in Fig. 2, upon the coat-part A and as shown in Fig. 3, and by connecting it by means of stitches 10, of which there may be a single row and additional ones parallel thereto. In placing it, this piece is so positioned that a dotted line indicated on it at m in Fig. 3, coincides with and covers slit a in the garment as shown in Fig. 4., or the position where said slit is to be,

Y binding whereby this lower edgeis covered tion.

.through this slit a Vas shown in Fig. 5 and turneddown over the lower edge of slit a after whichy a row of stitches 11 is runl across this edge, thus forming a leather and protected, the stitches passing-through the material of the garment at this lower Yedge and through the overlapping doubledup parts of piece B on each side thereof. Observe Fig. 7. The next step consists of doubling piece B rearwardly upon itself so that portion D isvbaclrl of and juxtaposed with the front portion C ofthe pocketas shown'inVV Fig. 6 whereby the-two complementary sides ofthe pocket, front and rear, assume their proper relative Ypositions.

VTrimming portion Z is also pushed upvwardly through slit a, and positioned so Vas to be above `the same and on theouterside, of the garment to which it is presently secured by stitches, there being one row of stitches 12 above and close to theV upper edge of slit a and another row 13 around the outer. edge of trimmingJZ. The ends 14:

lfof trimming c and ends 15 of trimming l form ears which extend beyond the ends of" slit a and are connected to the garment and to each other across these ends ofthe slit so as to strengthen Yand reinforce the mouth of the pocket and the garment where it otherwise would be weak and subject to and tear. For suclr purpose the stitches of rows 10 and 13 are extended across the ends ofV these ears and the opposite and parallel edges ofV these extended portions overlap each other and are secured to each other and to the garment by rows of stitches V16. In the present case edges 17-17 of ears 15-15 of part 0l are caused to lapover edges 18-18 of ears lll- 14 of part c.'r The pocket is now completed by running seams 19 throughV its superposed portions C land D and at their edges as shown in Fig. G. It will be observed that the width of the pocket between seams 19 corresponds with the length of slit a. In other words the pocket proper, that is its clear part, extends from the ends of the mouth straight down. This requires of course that the- 'width of piece B exceed the length of slit a in order to provide suflicient material outside of seams 19 and'to permit their forma- To admit this wider piece snugly in position between the ends of slit a, clearance is provided at the innei' corners of ears 14 and 15. This may be by notches 2O as shown at the inner ends of edges 17 or by angular cuts 21,7as'shown atthe inner ends of edgesl 18; Thesemnotches or cuts receive the ends ofslit a and thus freely clearftheV garment, and cuts 21 also clear thefupper edgesv 17 and permit them to lap over edges18. Thus superposed parts of the material of the of vthe pocketis covered and'bound, thata trimming is provided around the mouth of the pocket whichhas an ornamental effect and reinforces the material of the garment where the pocket is connected thereto andv "pocket, of the ears of the trimming andvof i that this reinforcement is especially strong at the ends of the mouth, that is at the ends of slit a. Tn cases where ornamental appear-l anceis to be predominant,'the color of theV material of piece B is` selectedaccordingly and with respect as to its contrasting veffect with 'reference to thecolor of Vthega-rment.

`The shape of the ears'at theends of the -mouth of the pocket maybe varied as shown in Fig. 8. Lining, if used, may ,beattached in customary manner4 to the inside of the garment and witlrthepoclret between the two. Lining-stays and additional reinforcements may be` added wherever required and if necessary Lsewed in with thematerial of the pocket.` The pocket may also be 'used to replacey pockets in other" coats, or to replace worn pockets. In thatV case .thef pocket is completed entirely before placed in position. ln that case seams 10 and 11--whereby it is attached to the garment would have tofbe `hand-sewed.

Having ldescribed my invention-f1 claim as new :v f f f In combination with acoat providedLwith a slit defining a poclretmouth, a single piece of material constituting frontI andV rear walls of the pocket. and forming also reinforcements for the mouth 'thereofA and at both sides of the same, said reinforcements being shaped as shownandsewed' tpeach other in over-lapping relationrat "each end Vof the slit which defines thefpoclret mouth and in line with said slitfand'stitches for connecting the" parts to -form the pocketandfor securing the same to the coat.'

Tn testimony whereof, I hereunto ax my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- FRANK HESS.

VTlitnesses: f v .Y

" (3. SPENGEL,

A. JOHNSON.

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Washington, 

